08—Forty Days with James: Through the Book (RPM)

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website.Interesting facts about JamesJames appears immediately after Acts in many early NTs.Some scholars think James was the first NT document to be written (sometime in the 40s). (Many conservative scholars believe Galatians is the oldest, penned in 48.) Note: James the brother of the Lord was executed in 62.James has 108 verses—about the same length as Philippians, 1 Timothy, 1 Peter, and 1 John. (The Sermon on the Mount, by way of comparison, is 111 verses in length.)The first-century Jewish writer and statesman Josephus devotes more of his history to James than to Jesus.James eventually overtook Peter as the most influential leader in the Jerusalem church community (evident in Acts 15).The recording features the translation of British N.T. scholar Ralph P. Martin, as found in The Word Biblical Commentary 48: James (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1988), 3-217. (That's why I call this version "RPM.")Next in 40 Days in James: "The Chair and the Floor"